Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of LawsApproved Abbreviation: BA/LLB
Western Sydney University Course Code: 2537.4
AQF Level: 7
CRICOS Code: 041113G
Course Status: INACTIVE
This version of the course is no longer offered. Please use the course search to find courses currently available.
Students should follow the course structure for the course version relevant to the year they commenced. This version applies to students whose commencement year for this course is 2008.
Units may be revised or replaced to ensure students are provided with up to date curriculum throughout their studies, and this may result in a new course version. Refer to the Check My Course Progress page in MySR for the most up to date information for your course.
Commencement Year 2007 - 2537.3 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws
Commencement Years 2005 to 2006 - 2537.2 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws
The law double degree programs permit students to undertake multi-skilling, and offer diverse career paths providing high marketability in multiple areas of expertise. The LLB provides students with professional legal skills including the ability to analyse legal material and understand fundamental legal principles; an understanding of the relationship between law and society; the skills to analyse and solve non-legal problems and specialised study into the Australian legal system.
For information about Honours please see Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry), course code 2501.2 or any later version of course 2501.
Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry)
Study Mode
Five years full-time. Law units are available at Campbelltown and Parramatta campuses. Arts units are available at various campuses (mainly Bankstown and Penrith), depending on the units chosen.
Course Advice
Accreditation
Graduates from the Bachelor of Laws are eligible to apply to the Legal Profession Admission Board for admission to legal practice in NSW after undertaking prescribed practical legal training.
Inherent requirements
There are inherent requirements for this course that you must meet in order to complete your course and graduate. Make sure you read and understand the requirements for this course online.
Inherent requirements
Course Structure
Qualification for a double degree in law requries the successful completion of 400 credit points including the units listed in the recommended sequences for the relevant double degree programs.
Students are eligible to graduate in the associated degree at the end of three years of full-time study, only when they have completed all non-law units plus the eight law units specified in the study sequence as being in the first three years of the relevant double degree.
Alternate Units
Please note that the availability of Bachelor of Laws Alternate Units may vary from year to year. New units may become available and some others discontinued. The most recent version of course 2501 indicates which units are offered in the course. The School will publish information on which units are available in a session.
It may be possible to vary the sequence of units so that students study a greater concentration of either law or their second discipline of study each semester, to minimise travel between campuses and to overcome timetabling problems. Students should speak with their academic advisor as needed.
Arts Units
For details of the relevant arts units, refer to the current listing of Bachelor of Arts, course code 1604. Continuing students should refer to the earlier versions of 1604.
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students are required to complete the following arts units.
- 40 credit points Bachelor of Arts core units
- 120 credit point key program
Note: Instead of the 80 credit points of elective units required to be completed by Bachelor of Arts students enrolled in course 1604.4, students in Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws, course code 2537.4 are required to complete the eight law units listed in the first three years of the recommended sequence below.
Recommended Sequence
Full-time
Campbelltown students
Year 1
Autumn session
BA core unit
BA core unit
Spring session
BA core unit
BA core unit
Year 2
Autumn session
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
Spring session
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
Year 3
Autumn session
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
Spring session
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
Year 4
Autumn session
200016 | Equity Trusts and Remedies 1 |
LLB alternate unit
LLB alternate unit
Spring session
200200 | Equity Trusts and Remedies 2 |
LLB alternate unit
LLB alternate unit
Year 5
Autumn session
200015 | Criminal Procedure and Evidence |
LLB alternate unit
LLB alternate unit
Spring session
200017 | Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure |
200020 | Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics |
LLB alternate unit
LLB alternate unit
Full-time
Parramatta students
Year 1
Autumn session
BA core unit
BA core unit
Spring session
BA core unit
BA core unit
Year 2
Autumn session
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
Spring session
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
Year 3
Autumn session
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
Spring session
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
BA key program unit
Year 4
Autumn session
200016 | Equity Trusts and Remedies 1 |
LLB alternate unit
LLB alternate unit
Spring session
200200 | Equity Trusts and Remedies 2 |
LLB alternate unit
LLB alternate unit
Year 5
Autumn session
200017 | Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure |
LLB alternate unit
LLB alternate unit
Spring session
200015 | Criminal Procedure and Evidence |
200020 | Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics |
LLB alternate unit
LLB alternate unit